Landscape Architecture Australia, May 2020

Reviews, news and opinions on landscape architecture, urban design and planning.

Profile

The sensory courtyard at Marnebek School encourages students with intellectual disabilities opportunities
to engage in joyful play while communicating with each other.

Practice | Lucy Salt | 20 Jul 2020

Dedicated to play: Mary Jeavons

For more than 30 years, Mary Jeavons, founder and co-director at Jeavons Landscape Architects, has championed the importance of play.

Projects

The Sky Park forms part of the public space component of One Melbourne Quarter, the first stage of the greater Melbourne Quarter development.

Review | Kate Gamble | 12 May 2020

An elevated exchange: Sky Park, One Melbourne Quarter

The Sky Park at One Melbourne Quarter by Aspect Oculus offers an opportunity to consider the meaning of public-private spaces as the city matures.

A diverse mix of local residents, workers, students, tourists and other visitors gather at the green at Darling Square to eat, drink, socialize and relax.

Review | Simon Kilbane | 27 Aug 2020

A civic cultivation: Darling Square

Darling Square by Aspect Studios is a dynamic example of landscape architecture’s role in leading urban regeneration.

Perspective

The May 2020 issue of Landscape Architecture Australia

News | Emily Wong | 5 May 2020

May issue of LAA out now

A preview of the May 2020 issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.

Agenda

Practice | Jock Gilbert and Daniel Roe | 22 Jun 2020

Lurujarri Dreaming Trail

Winding along the coast north of Broome, this 80-kilometre-long Aboriginal trail fosters a deep connection to Country through knowledge exchange and shared experience.

Sand washed into crevices in the urban environment can be colonized by urban vegetation, binding the material together and minimizing erosion.

Practice | Alistair Kirkpatrick | 14 Sep 2020

Healthy soils are critical to plant growth, but modern building practices often destroy soil through compaction, contamination and destruction of fungal and microbial communities. What can landscape architects do about it?

Aerial view of Muanivatu settlement in Suva, Fiji.

Practice | Amalie Wright | 3 Jun 2020

Rising challenge

Amalie Wright shares her experiences working as a landscape architect on the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) project in Indonesia and Fiji.